Film music, compiled by Kees Hogenbirk.
Film scores by the Italian composer Gianni Ferrio (1924-2013).
1. Music for Italian comedies with actor Totò (1898-1967) in the lead.
a. Signori Si Nasce (1960). b. Ch Si Ferma, è Perduto (1961). c. Totò Fabrizi e i Giovani d’Oggi (1960). d. Sua Excellenza Si Fermò a Mangiare (1961). e. Totòtruffa ’62 (1961). f. Toto Contro i Quattro (1963).
Studio orchestra conducted by Gianni Ferrio.
2. For comparison: fragments from two spaghetti westerns by Gianni Ferrio
a. El Desperado (1966). Vocals by John Balfour.
b. Joe! Cercati un Posto per Morire (‘Find a Place to Die’) (1968).
Vocals by Jula De Palma. Harmonica solo by Franco De Gemmi,
Studio orchestra conducted by Gianni Ferrio.